This pamphlet explains the steps that health care providers must take when plans have been made for a home death. The Expected Death at Home (EDAH) form summarizes the important information required to facilitate a peaceful and respectful home death. The form should be completed by a health care provider in discussion with the client/their delegate/their statutory decision-maker. What to do once the form has been completed and how to submit the form are included.
The Nova Scotia Green Sleeve is a central place to keep important documents to help communicate a patient’s health care plans, goals, and care wishes to health care providers. Anyone with a life-limiting illness should have a Green Sleeve. This pamphlet outlines what should be kept in a Green Sleeve and what patients should do with it. Resources for further information are also listed.
The Nova Scotia Green Sleeve is a central place to keep important documents to help share your health care plans, goals, and care wishes with health care providers. Anyone with a life-limiting illness should have a Green Sleeve. This pamphlet outlines what should be kept in your Green Sleeve and what you should do with it. Resources for further information are also listed. The French version of this pamphlet 1863, "La Pochette verte de la Nouvelle-Écosse : Information pour les patients, famille…